A couple of years ago Bell Canada had a caller ID promotion. I decided to try it and have kept it ever since. Very handy to screen calls. So, now here’s the choices for telemarketers:

1. Show your company name in the caller ID, say A&W WINDOWS and I won’t answer.
2. Block your name so that PRIVATE NAME shows in the caller ID. Then I’ll harass you when you call for not being proud of your company name or for not being honest enough to show the company name. I won’t even consider your product.

It’s a Catch 22 situation for your typical telemarketer. We need to have a delete key just like we do for email spammers.